iPod Goodness
After several months of hard work, I was finally able to shakedown my wife enough to agree to allow me to spend the money to get a 15GB iPod.
I’ve read about, as well as seen images of Apple’s extraordinarily close attention to detail when it comes to a person’s experience of opening up one of their products.
No wonder I’ve always been an avid Mac fanatic.
I opened up the box, and meticulously examined every piece that came in the box. I couldn’t believe how small it was. I remember seeing the original 5GB iPod at the Apple Store in Valley Fair Mall in San Jose a few years back, and it was twice the size as this one. It suddenly occurred to me how small the iPod Mini must really be. Whoa.
I connected it to my FireWire slot, and fired up iTunes (which I had already installed). Apparently I never knew how smart iTunes was either. I’ve got an MP3 folder, and all of my songs are organized by first letter of the group/artist. I took my (grand)parent MP3 folder and dropped it into my iTunes playlist. iTunes read through, and added all 2249 songs to my playlist, which I promptly synced with my new iPod. After about 10 minutes, my entire collection in one, single, ready-to-go spot.
Amazing. Simply amazing.
Comment by Paul G 26 Mar 2004 at 12:21 pm
I was initially skeptical of the ipod mini, given that the price wasn’t that much less, and the storage capacity was greatly reduced. However, having physically seen and held one, I am very tempted to go for a mini instead of a regular ipod when the time comes…
Comment by Chris Owens 27 Mar 2004 at 10:56 am
I’m glad you like it.
I got the 20GB iPod for xmas and take it with me everywhere I go… even to the loo sometimes. 
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Comment by smitty 26 Mar 2004 at 2:34 am
Man, I have to get an ipod!
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